"Serena.., sweetheart." Felina said coming into her sister's bedroom speaking to her in English, as she had grown accustomed to doing since she became friends with Charles. "Why are you so upset?" she asked sitting down beside her sister on the bed.
Serena gave her sister an exacerbated look, rolling her dark eyes as she replied "I wanted him for myself."
"I see." Felina said exhaling regretting her sister seeing the two of them on the sofa. "I am so sorry, my sister, I wish you had not seen.., what Charles and I were doing, just now." she confessed with a deep look of shame.
"It does not matter Felina, Charles has made it perfectly clear, he prefers you over me. There is nothing I can do to change his mind." she sighed folding her hands on her lap like a child. "And I am sure you have probably fallen in love with him by now."
"No." Felina said taking her sister's hand in hers saying "He has just been helping me get through a very difficult time." she said in all honesty.
Serena squeezed her hand telling her sister "I understand, I am sure it has not been easy."
"Oh, but life is never easy, there is work to be done, obligations to be met, who has time for love?" here Felina began to grow a little somber as she told her sister "What does it even matter? Whether I love him, or you love him, he starts work for Xation on Monday, and that will be the end of any love affair that you, or I, could ever find any pleasure with him in."
"What?" Serena asked shocked Xation would do this yet again. "Why does our brother always do this to the men we are interested in?"
"He says it is because they are beneath us, not worthy of our blood line. Xation told me once he does it because he cares so much about us." Felina explained knowing the many times he had hired one of her admirers at his company, in a high paying position they were clearly not qualified for, but none of that mattered to Felina anymore.
"Sometimes I am not so sure." Serena confided in her sister as they sat there a moment thinking of the many lives and loves that were lost to them through their brothers jealous, caring nature. Then Serena thought of Charles whom, though she was aware her brother had procured a new identity for him, as he had done for Bengiman, Serena was not anticipating Xation hiring Charles as an employee. With that she tossed away any thought of having a relationship with him, so she said to her sister "Well Felina, at least Xation gave you one more week with Charles, that should be fun for you both." she said sounding incredibly dejected.
"Now hold on there, sister dear. You still have a chance." Felina exclaimed giving a cunning smile.
"My flight leaves for Texas in the morning." Serena reminded her.
"Yes! Exactly, you still have tonight." Felina said her eyes big and bright.
"What do you mean?" Serena asked with great intrigue.
"All we need to do is take Charles out for a long lunch, then we will go on a tour of the Cemetery, show him Evita's family mausoleum, that will take 2 hours of walking around, then show him around the Presidential Palace. Then have an early dinner, where we will get him drunk on wine. All we have to do next is let him fall asleep in his room and wait for the sun to go down. Then..," Felina paused for dramatic affect, as she was apt to do, saying with a gleam in her brown eyes " And tonight, all you have to do is slip into one of my nightgowns and spray on some of my perfume, in the darkness, in his drunken state, Charles will think it is me, never knowing it is really, you." Felina smiled very pleased with her idea.
Serena gave a stunned look asking her "Are you serious?"
"What harm could it do?" Felina said with a little laugh.
Serena gave her sister an exacerbated look, rolling her dark eyes as she replied "I wanted him for myself."
"I see." Felina said exhaling regretting her sister seeing the two of them on the sofa. "I am so sorry, my sister, I wish you had not seen.., what Charles and I were doing, just now." she confessed with a deep look of shame.
"It does not matter Felina, Charles has made it perfectly clear, he prefers you over me. There is nothing I can do to change his mind." she sighed folding her hands on her lap like a child. "And I am sure you have probably fallen in love with him by now."
"No." Felina said taking her sister's hand in hers saying "He has just been helping me get through a very difficult time." she said in all honesty.
Serena squeezed her hand telling her sister "I understand, I am sure it has not been easy."
"Oh, but life is never easy, there is work to be done, obligations to be met, who has time for love?" here Felina began to grow a little somber as she told her sister "What does it even matter? Whether I love him, or you love him, he starts work for Xation on Monday, and that will be the end of any love affair that you, or I, could ever find any pleasure with him in."
"What?" Serena asked shocked Xation would do this yet again. "Why does our brother always do this to the men we are interested in?"
"He says it is because they are beneath us, not worthy of our blood line. Xation told me once he does it because he cares so much about us." Felina explained knowing the many times he had hired one of her admirers at his company, in a high paying position they were clearly not qualified for, but none of that mattered to Felina anymore.
"Sometimes I am not so sure." Serena confided in her sister as they sat there a moment thinking of the many lives and loves that were lost to them through their brothers jealous, caring nature. Then Serena thought of Charles whom, though she was aware her brother had procured a new identity for him, as he had done for Bengiman, Serena was not anticipating Xation hiring Charles as an employee. With that she tossed away any thought of having a relationship with him, so she said to her sister "Well Felina, at least Xation gave you one more week with Charles, that should be fun for you both." she said sounding incredibly dejected.
"Now hold on there, sister dear. You still have a chance." Felina exclaimed giving a cunning smile.
"My flight leaves for Texas in the morning." Serena reminded her.
"Yes! Exactly, you still have tonight." Felina said her eyes big and bright.
"What do you mean?" Serena asked with great intrigue.
"All we need to do is take Charles out for a long lunch, then we will go on a tour of the Cemetery, show him Evita's family mausoleum, that will take 2 hours of walking around, then show him around the Presidential Palace. Then have an early dinner, where we will get him drunk on wine. All we have to do next is let him fall asleep in his room and wait for the sun to go down. Then..," Felina paused for dramatic affect, as she was apt to do, saying with a gleam in her brown eyes " And tonight, all you have to do is slip into one of my nightgowns and spray on some of my perfume, in the darkness, in his drunken state, Charles will think it is me, never knowing it is really, you." Felina smiled very pleased with her idea.
Serena gave a stunned look asking her "Are you serious?"
"What harm could it do?" Felina said with a little laugh.
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